Income and Trustworthiness
We employ a behavioural measure of trustworthiness obtained from a trust game carried out with a sample of the general British population whose individuals were extensively interviewed on earlier occasions. Our basic finding is that given past income, higher current income increases trustworthin...
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Sociological Science
2016
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| author | Ermisch, J Gambetta, D |
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| description | We employ a behavioural measure of trustworthiness obtained from a trust game carried out with a sample of the general British population whose individuals were extensively interviewed on earlier occasions. Our basic finding is that given past income, higher current income increases trustworthiness and, given current income, higher past income reduces trustworthiness. Past income determines the level of financial aspirations, and whether or not these are fulfilled by the level of current income affects trustworthiness. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:a727c2c6-c28f-4d00-b7b5-d5a687c17d332022-03-27T02:52:36ZIncome and TrustworthinessJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:a727c2c6-c28f-4d00-b7b5-d5a687c17d33Symplectic Elements at OxfordSociological Science2016Ermisch, JGambetta, DWe employ a behavioural measure of trustworthiness obtained from a trust game carried out with a sample of the general British population whose individuals were extensively interviewed on earlier occasions. Our basic finding is that given past income, higher current income increases trustworthiness and, given current income, higher past income reduces trustworthiness. Past income determines the level of financial aspirations, and whether or not these are fulfilled by the level of current income affects trustworthiness. |
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